AfterElton Briefs: An ode to Virginia Foxx, beauty queens take a stand, and more!

Gay faves Gael Garcia Bernal (now an official AfterElton.com Hot 100 winner) and Tilda Swinton (who always has her own ... sense of style) at the NYC premiere of The Limits of Control (Pic: Getty)

Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic of a hot man in underwear after the jump. Yes, we're serious.

• Angrypuppy.com vlogger/musician Lee Waters has written a song for The Matthew Shepard Foundation called Virginia. Can you guess who it's about?

• Paula Abdul is apparently one of the celebs duped by Sacha Baron Cohen in the upcoming Bruno. Shocking, isn't it?

• *Sigh* Okay, in case you haven't seen it, here is the new ad for N.O.M. featuring Miss California loser Carrie Prejean. Personally, I found it to be a crushing disappointment. All that build-up, and that's the best they can do? FAIL.

Tamiko Nash, Shanna Moakler, Raquel Beezley/Brook Lee & friends (Pics: Adam Bouska)

• Above you can see the response to N.O.M. and the Miss California loser from former Miss USA Shanna Moakler (who's now the pageant director). She posed along with last year's winner Raquel Beezley, and former runner-up Tamiko Nash for NOH8, a campaign to help overturn Proposition 8 in California. NOH8 creater Adam Bouska also shot 1997's Miss Universe Brook Lee for the new ad campaign.

• Finally, Iowa is seeing an influx of gay couples, who are moving from bordering states in order to get married.

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